Transmission and clutch are done! Engine coming soon.

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WOW!!!!!! You can see the quality of materials and workmanship, but WOW!!!! Not the car to be the abominal snowman. Wow!

However, you can still see the beauty of the Pierce peaking through its white mask of death.

Even this car has signs of class and dignity.

I see what the designer was going for. He/she failed but I understand why they thought it might look good on paper.

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beauty is in the eye of the beholder

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Ya know! That car has a certain something. The color works better on that car than the 1930s

That spare and trunk set up is pretty cool. That extends at least 4-5 ft. wow!

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Nice car, George, and I agree it works a little better on that car. Didn’t mean to offend anyone, just personal opinion that normally, white on an early car isn’t attractive to me.

But, thanks goodness we don’t all have the same tastes, life would be dull!!

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White was distinctively different in early cars. As time passed and public tastes changed, white became common and as boring as silver is today.

Our ‘fair weather winter beater’ 1973 Continental Mark IV is white with white leather. It’s a nice driving well preserved original that was too cheap to pass up – probably due solely to color. Our attitude towards white on such a car is reflected in the name by which we affectionately refer to it: it’s the “FRIDGE”””

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George’s car does not have the ‘dipped in WHITE’ look that the ’30’s sedan has. The restorer of George’s car had the sense and taste to use some contrasting trim and not use white leather for the interior.

George’s car makes a statement: class. The ’30’s car makes a statement too, but it’s not ‘class’.. more like ‘poor taste’, or ‘too much’.

I could almost live with the exterior of the 30’s sedan, but not the interior, the odd-ball padding and cushion seams and odd design are more appropriate for a ’70’s or ’80’s re-ragged production ‘luxury’ car offered by Detroit.

Just my opinion of course. And everyone’s taste is different.

Greg Long

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In my opinion, the use of white on the exterior of any automobile is a test of its design; great and timeless designs will usually do well in white whereas applying it to any less of a form will often cause that design to suffer. White will often minimize or obscure fine body details which are, by contrast, enhanced by by other carefully considered choices.

Needless to say there are few great and timeless designs.

Merry Christmas!

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I’m not sure when the purist streak came out in me. Perhaps it was when I got exposed to Bill Harrah’s ways. Maybe it was the day I realized how few( percentage-wise) slipped through the cracks to be with us today.

I guess I felt I owed those survivors an attempt to portray them as their

designers conceived them. I also want to be honest to future generations in their attempt to understand one of the most important inventions of man.

Anyway, I have a friend with a baby blue 1912 auto. I explain to folks that if the owner pulled up to a saloon in 1912 and mingled with the alcohol sot ten bar flies, the color of his car might invite some disparaging insults about his manhood. Fisticuffs might result. Color matters.

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I think today collectors taste have shifted to mostly what is correct from the era. The circus wagon days are just about gone.

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I agree with Ed. In the heyday of restoration frenzy, when a lot of great original cars were lost (80’s and slightly up), it was crazy some of the color schemes that were presented on otherwise Classic and classy cars. One can forgive the multi-tone layered Ruxton, that was incredibly factory original, but some of the multi colored combos that showed up made one shake one’s head. A lot of these were based on advertisements, as mentioned a possible artist’s misconception of color. I once had a 1928 443 Packard coupe, and think it’s one of the first cars to be both advertised in outrageous frame and body color combos, and then subsequently to be PAINTED those colors based on color period ads….

Pierce colors should be tasteful. Those colors will affect both comments and value. I was talked into painting the fenders on my originally gray 1934 sedan maroon, when I was young and foolish. I think I lost a lot of money when the car was sold at auction because of this choice.

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If we don’t adhere to originality or at least original intent, who will??

As Bill Rolapp stated in another posting we a merely stewards of these vehicles and with that comes responsibility.

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I actually prefer that if the original colors are known then I would restore the car using the factory color scheme.

I know changing the colors can make the car more appealing but I always rather liked the factory color combinations.

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